Scripture Verse

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.Song of Solomon 2:1

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Life and Ser­vice Hymns, com­piled by R. E. Ma­gill (Rich­mond, Vir­gin­ia: On­ward Press, Pres­by­ter­ian Com­mit­tee of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1917), num­ber 69.

Music: For­ta­le­za Bent­ley D. Ack­ley, 1917 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Bentley D. Ackley (1872–1958)

Lyrics

There are voic­es, an­gel voices,
And they came at God’s be­hest,
From the ver­nal hills eter­nal,
In the pa­ra­dise of rest.

Refrain

Angel voic­es, ho­ly voic­es,
How they ca­rol soft and low,
Of a gar­den, fair and love­ly,
Where the rose and li­ly grow.

There are voic­es, an­gel voic­es,
And a mes­sage oft they bring,
From the part­ed ones that wait us
In the pa­lace of the King.

Refrain

There are voic­es, an­gel voic­es,
We have heard them in a dream,
Like the ec­ho of a harp string,
Or the mur­mur of a stream.

Refrain

There are voic­es, an­gel voic­es,
That will call us by and by,
And unit­ed we shall ga­ther
In our Fa­ther’s house on high.

Refrain